FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   SPURLOCK STEVEN M 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/11/2014 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hortonworks, Inc. [HDP] (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) WOODSIDE, CA 94062 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock	  (1)	  (1)	Common	5,879,356	$ (1)	I	By Benchmark Capital Partners VII, L.P. (2)
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock	  (1)	  (1)	Common	261,050	$ (1)	I	By Benchmark Capital Partners VII, L.P (2)
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock	  (1)	  (1)	Common	196,397	$ (1)	I	By Benchmark Capital Partners VI, L.P. (3)
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock	  (1)	  (1)	Common	196,397	$ (1)	I	By Benchmark Capital Partners VII, L.P. (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SPURLOCK STEVEN M 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
BALKANSKI ALEXANDRE 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
Cohler Matt 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
DUNLEVIE BRUCE 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
GURLEY J WILLIAM 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
HARVEY KEVIN 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
KAGLE ROBERT 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â
LASKY MITCHELL 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

Alexandre Balanski, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Matthew R. Cohler, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Bruce W. Dunlevie, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
J. William Gurley, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Kevin R. Harvey, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Robert C. Kagle, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Steven M. Spurlock, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Mitchell H. Lasky, /s/ Steven M. Spurlock, Authorized Signatory		12/11/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converts into Common Stock on a 2-for-1 basis (for every two shares of Preferred Stock, one share of Common Stock) immediately prior to the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering of Common Stock and has no expiration date or conversion price. The number of underlying shares of Common Stock is shown in the table above.
(2)	Shares held of record by Benchmark Capital Partners VII, L.P, ("BCP VII"), as nominee for BCP VII, Benchmark Founders' Fund VII, L.P. ("BFF VII"), Benchmark Founders' Fund VII-B, L.P. ("BFF VII-B") and related persons. Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C. ("BCMC VII"), the general partner of each of BCP VII, BFF VII and BFF VII-B, may be deemed to have sole voting and investment power over such shares. Matthew R. Cohler, Bruce W. Dunlevie, Peter H. Fenton, J. William Gurley, Kevin R. Harvey, Steven M. Spurlock, and Mitchell H. Lasky are the managing members of BCMC VII, which serves as general partner to BCP VII, BFF VII and BFF VII-B, and may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the shares beneficially held by such entities. Each such person and entity disclaims the existence of a "group" and disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities (except to the extent of such person's or entity's pecuniary interest in such securities).
(3)	Shares held of record by Benchmark Capital Partners VI, L.P. ("BCP VI"), as nominee for BCP VI, Benchmark Founders' Fund VI, L.P. ("BFF VI"), Benchmark Founders' Fund VI-B, L.P. ("BFF VI-B") and related persons. Benchmark Capital Management Co. VI, L.L.C. ("BCMC VI"), the general partner of each of BCP VI, BFF VI and BFF VI-B, may be deemed to have sole voting and investment power over such shares. Alexandre Balkanski, Matthew R.Cohler, Bruce W. Dunlevie, Peter H. Fenton, J. William Gurley, Kevin R. Harvey, Robert Kagle, Mitchell H. Lasky and Steven M. Spurlock are the managing members of BCMC VI, which serves as general partner to BCP VI, BFF VI, L.P. and BFF VI-B, L.P., and may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the shares beneficially held by such entities. Each such person and entity disclaims the existence of a "group" and disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities (except to the extent of such person's or entity's pecuniary interest in such securities).
  Remarks: This report is one of four reports, each on a separate Form 3, but relating to the same transaction being filed by entities affiliated with Benchmark Capital and their applicable member.

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